Taking inspiration from the four-colour printing process, Valentina Sardu studied an interesting variation of her favourite embroidery technique. She calls it "CMYKwork"...
Discover her new design, SOAP BUBBLES!

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The World of Cross Stitching issue 231, on sale from 18 June 2015 in the UK, contains an exclusive blackwork and cross stitch project titled "Blackwork Hummingbird", designed by Valentina Sardu for Ajisai Press.

Our designer shares her tips and some basic techniques to follow when stitching her blackwork designs: how to choose the materials, how to start and end stitching without knots, the Holbein stitch, how to work the outlines and the fill-in patterns, and finally, how to create beautiful shading effects.

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